The sun sets as we watch fissures in the earth open and grow in a neighbor's field, from our friend's land. Once farmland and pastures turns to lava flow before our eyes.
… Fissure 18, Kilauea lava eruption, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 18 May 2018 6:42 pm read more

Life continues on some of the farms and homes surrounding the lava flows. Although this horse is now safely living farther away, on this day, he was at his home with his
…humans about a half mile from the lava fountain behind him. Kilauea Eruption, near Fissure 18, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 21 May 2018 5:06 pm 36x24 inch print read more

A growing cinder cone as night falls in the field next to my friend's house. Watching this develop and grow was utterly amazing. This was in the early days of the flow, d
…ays a mix of wonder and concern, when nobody thought it would get as big as it has.Fissure 17, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 21 May 2018 6:59 pm 24x36 inch print read more

A baby cinder cone, just starting out in the field next to my friend's house. Watching this develop and grow was utterly amazing. We will look back at this someday as a h
…istorical moment; for now it is filled with as much emotion as it is with lava Fissure 17, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 18 May 2018 12:51 pm read more

A baby cinder cone, just starting out in the field next to my friend's house. Watching this develop and grow was utterly amazing. We will look back at this someday as a h
…istorical moment; for now it is filled with as much emotion as it is with lava Fissure 17, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 18 May 2018 12:51 pm read more

This lava fountain was on the hill next to my friend's farm. The image is from the early days of the eruption. Here is what I wrote that day: "The fountain at Fissure 18
…was still going when I stopped by. From what I've read, the lava from it is going down a bottomless hole that opened up earlier in the week." Kilauea lava eruption, Fissure 18, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 25 May 2018 1:16 pm 24x36 inch print read more

Lava was nearing Papaya Farms Road on this day. I found myself wishing I'd had more pictures of all the lost beauty that was part of my life in Puna, pictures like this j
…ungle truck. Kilauea Eruption, Papaya Farms Road, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 4 June 2018 2:32 pm 24x16 inch print read more

This street, one of the streets in the residential neighborhood of Leilani Estates, cracked to allow blue flames to spill out into the night. In the distance Fissure 3 ri
…oted into the perched lava lake that would later break free. Kilauea lava eruption, Leilani Estates near Fissure 3, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 23 May 2018 7:15 pm 16x24 inch print read more

It was my first night at Leilani, during the early days of the eruption, and this is the last shot of the night. Leaving in a jumble of emotions to go back home just mile
…s away, trying to understand how this all fits in to our island life. Kilauea lava eruption, Fissures 5 and 6, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 23 May 2018 7:37 pm 24x36 inch print read more

This was in the early days of the eruption in Leilani Estates, when the ground was first opening. Kilauea lava eruption, where Fissure 24 would later be, Leilani Estates,
… East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 26 May 2018 6:26 pm 24x36 inch print read more

Wild cinders flying in the night as cinder cones grow in a neighbor's field, viewed from our friend's land. In the early days of the flow, we had no idea how big this eve
…nt would become. Fissure 17, Kilauea lava eruption, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 22 May 2018 8:00 pm 24x36 inch unframed print read more

The afternoon fades as we watch fissures in the earth open and grow in a neighbor's field, from our friend's land. Once farmland and pastures turns to lava flow before ou
…r eyes. Fissure 18, Kilauea lava eruption, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 19 May 2018 5:17 pm read more

In the early days of this flow, standing in what was still a residential neighborhood and looking at the start of a lava channel that would grow bigger and faster than an
…y one of us believed possible. I could find no words, only raw emotion. Kilauea lava eruption, Leilani Estates near Fissure 7, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 23 May 2018 6:45 pm 16x24 inch print read more

It was my first night at Leilani, during the early days of the eruption. Here is what I wrote that night "It's not what I expected to see. This is the lava lake on the hi
…ll. It is so large, it boggles my mind. Currently it is flowing towards the ocean. There is a rim on the other sides. The lake is deep. There are waves on the lake when the ground shakes." Kilauea lava eruption, Leilani Estates perched Lava Lake, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 23 May 2018 7:42 pm 16x24 inch print read more

This was the night in Leilani when the lava dam broke. The lava lake over filled and burst through its walls, sending a wave of lava down many of the streets. Lava light
…reflected to light up the trees. Kilauea Eruption, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 27 May 2018 11:50 pm 24x36 inch print read more

Life continues on some of the farms and homes surrounding the lava flows. This is part of a photo series I took of our friend's flower garden overlooking Fissure 17. His
…home is still intact, but completely surrounded by lava. Kilauea Eruption, near Fissure 17, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 22 May 2018 4:53 pm 36x24 inch print read more

One of our most beloved back roads survives south of the current eruptions and north of the past eruptions. It gives our community hope and heart to know it's still here.
… Kilauea Eruption, life continuing south of the East Rift Zone, Opihikao, 6 June 2018 (6:53 pm) 24x16 inch print read more

Helping a friend figure out where the lava flow would go on his land. The lava is flowing through an old collapsed lava tube just below the rim I am standing on. Kilauea
…Eruption, East Rift Zone, near Noni Farms Road, Northern Lobe, 5 June 2018 (6:49 pm) 24x36 inch print read more

This was the night in Leilani when the lava dam broke. The lava lake over filled and burst through its walls, sending a wave of lava down many of the streets. Heart break
…ing, I'm still looking for the beauty in this lava flow. Kilauea Eruption, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 27 May 2018 11:13 pm 16x24 inch print read more

Helping a friend figure out where the lava flow would go on his land, far up Papaya Farms Road. Turning from the grinding advance of the lava to go back home, the jungle
…road that we love so much seemed more precious, more brilliant - and it called me to linger along the way. Kilauea Eruption, East Rift Zone, north of the Northern Lobe, 4 June 2018 (3:15 pm) 16x24 inch print read more

Leilani when the lava dam broke. The lava lake over filled and burst through its walls, sending a wave of lava down many of the streets in the neighborhood. Kilauea Erupt
…ion, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 27 May 2018 9:20 pm 16x24 inch print read more

When the cracks split the highway through Puna, authorities limited access beyond a checkpoint set up near the high school. This beloved local business continued in isola
…tion, accessible only to those with blue placards, and the lucky ones who rode in the back seats of their cars. Kilauea Eruption, life beyond the checkpoint, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 6 June 2018 4:47 pm 24x36 inch print read more

Leilani when the lava dam broke. The lava lake over filled and burst through its walls, sending a wave of lava down many of the streets in the neighborhood. Kilauea Erupt
…ion, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 27 May 2018 9:26 pm 24x36 inch print read more

This is the world we live on. I saw this with my own eyes this morning. I took this photograph. And still it's hard to make the connection between Fissure 8 and the persi
…stent glow in our backyard. Fissure 8, viewed from a tiny plane. Kilauea Eruption, Fissure 8, Leilani Estates, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii Island, 11 June 2018 8:32 am 24x16 inch print read more

Moonrise and the glow of Fissure 8 as I wait patiently for this concert to begin, from the slopes of Mauna Kea . Kilauea Eruption, Mauna Kea view of East Rift Zone, Hawai
…i Island, 30 June 2018 9:09 pm 16x24 inch print read more

Fissure 8 in the distance, lava flow and its effects reaching to the ocean. The size of its effects is mind-boggling. Kilauea Eruption, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii
…Island, 29 June 2018 12:41 pm 36x24 inch print read more

In the right place at the right time! And I caught a shooting star by the tail. Looking toward Fissure 8 from the slopes of Mauna Kea, Milky Way above. Kilauea Eruption,
…Mauna Kea view of East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island, 30 June 2018 8:26 pm 36x24 inch print read more

Fissure 8 is pumping out so much that there's a 100 foot difference between the bubbling pond and the river below, creating this spectacular lavafall between the two. Haw
…aii never ceases to amaze me. Kilauea Eruption, Fissure 8, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii Island, 29 June 2018 (12:30 pm) 36x24 inch print read more

The lighthouse on Cape Kumukahi, standing in relief against black lava fields. The steam along the coast is multiple points of lava entering the ocean, no longer defined
…by a single entry, but oozing from a thick covering like syrup between pancakes. Kilauea Eruption, Kapoho Bay ocean entry, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii Island, 29 June 2018 12:40 pm 24x16 inch print: read more

In the early days of the eruption, we thought this was a lot of lava. And it was. As the eruption progresses, we learn what a lot of lava really is. Kilauea Eruption, Fis
…sure 8, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii Island, 11 June 2018 (8:34 am) 24x16 inch print read more

Where the river of lava enters the ocean, it is re-creating one of our beloved warm springs. What it will be when the flow stops is an un-revealed surprise. Kilauea Erupt
…ion, Lava ocean entry at Ahalanui, East Rift Zone overflight, Hawaii Island, 15 July 2018 (7:21 pm) 24x36 inch print read more